If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people.

Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.

Lead by listening - to be a good leader you have to be a great listener.

I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a businessman, I would have never gone into the airline business.

An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right.

I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.

My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'